Mike Gerber is in his third year at UNLV as strength and conditioning coach for the football program.

In 2009, Gerber finished his fourth season as the University of Montana's strength coach in charge of football. He joined the Grizzlies after being in private business in New York as owner of Mike Gerber Sport-Strength and co-owner and president of Strength in Motion.

He served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Syracuse University from 1995-2000 and also made stops at the University of Maryland, Yale University and Middlebury College.

Gerber earned his bachelor's degree in physical education and health from the University of Maine in 1981 and a master's degree in physical education from Syracuse in 1991.